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24. Just do what they do to the speeding ticket cameras in the UK.

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Wed Sep 3, 2014, 05:17 PM

Sep 2014

Couple old tires... Some diesel...

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Mysterious Fake Cellphone Towers Are Intercepting Calls All Over The US [View all] Blue_Tires Sep 2014 OP

Thank you very much JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #1

Whelp, got my head shaking wtf for the day. Lars39 Sep 2014 #2

I would trust this more if it wasn't coming from the company selling the CryptoPhone 500 FLPanhandle Sep 2014 #3

+1 ThoughtCriminal Sep 2014 #7

Cops use the fake towers too. The device is called Stingray. Its' existence isn't news. LeftyMom Sep 2014 #9

Proof!! WovenGems Sep 2014 #15

No, it's documentig their widespread domestic use. LeftyMom Sep 2014 #17

War on terra - meaning "set one up in the parking lot of a Phish concert, and wait for a person Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #29

Protests I'm sure. LeftyMom Sep 2014 #36

Great link--very informative. They have "rolling" versions too...who knew????? nt MADem Sep 2014 #51

I suspect ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #11

Yes indeed--sounds like they're trying to create a market for their product... nt MADem Sep 2014 #50

well people should know better and only use landlines and speak in tongues to each other. La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #4

You remind me that many years ago SheilaT Sep 2014 #16

LOL. i was just being facetious La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2014 #18

Oh, yes, I know, which is exactly why I thought of the long-ago French conversations. SheilaT Sep 2014 #19

It is rather a serious problem that Goldsmith states, "Is it jsut the US military?" truedelphi Sep 2014 #5

Authoritarian-Totalitarian State too Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #8

imagine how much it must cost to build a fake cell tower nashville_brook Sep 2014 #6

Why haven't they been reported to the FCC? drm604 Sep 2014 #10

I think it is pretty clear that this is the Feds underpants Sep 2014 #13

It's local police, see post #21. nt bananas Sep 2014 #22

D'oh! underpants Sep 2014 #34

No, it's a marketing gimmick by ESD America Recursion Sep 2014 #45

Assuming this is real and not marketing, I'm guessing China Recursion Sep 2014 #46

They're from space. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #12

NSA, who else. Autumn Sep 2014 #14

Not the NSA, these are local police operations bananas Sep 2014 #21

That's life in a fascist police state. Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #38

Thanks for that link dreamnightwind Sep 2014 #42

If you want to attract a crowd in any rural area, just show up with a surveyor's transit - hedgehog Sep 2014 #20

If the trucks and crews looked like some form of utility services Ford_Prefect Sep 2014 #25

Are you kidding me? Landowners with a right of way cutting their property hedgehog Sep 2014 #27

Ever read the Purloined Letter? Android3.14 Sep 2014 #26

I'm not talking about people driving by, I'm talking about near-by land owners. hedgehog Sep 2014 #30

They are unobtrusive compared to other cell towers Android3.14 Sep 2014 #37

Did you notice when your legitimate cell "tower" went in? Or were it is? Thor_MN Sep 2014 #28

Now, that I could believe. hedgehog Sep 2014 #31

A lot of them are disguised as trees - seriously! bananas Sep 2014 #40

Where I live in MD, there is a "Fir" tree cell tower nearby. I had to double-take when I first saw justiceischeap Sep 2014 #41

Interesting! Because I noticed a fake palm tree just off the 10 in Los Angeles... cui bono Sep 2014 #47

According to the link in this thread, they have portable/rolling versions of this thing, too. nt MADem Sep 2014 #52

I am really starting to think that hifiguy Sep 2014 #23

Works for me! Earth_First Sep 2014 #33

Just do what they do to the speeding ticket cameras in the UK. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #24

Hayduke Lives! jtuck004 Sep 2014 #32

This guy always seems to know something. randome Sep 2014 #35

stop taking nude selfies... quadrature Sep 2014 #39

k & r & thanks for posting! nt wildbilln864 Sep 2014 #43

You mean, "guy who sells phone firmware claims... Recursion Sep 2014 #44

Just to be clear, what's being discussed are NOT actual, physical, cell-phone towers, cheapdate Sep 2014 #48

A few questions on Cryptophones though... cascadiance Sep 2014 #49

Is a land line a good idea? oldandhappy Sep 2014 #53